Unloader for wagons.



Patented Sept. I8, |900.

W. BAHCLAY.

UNLOADER FR WGDNS.

(Application ladJ' une 6, 1900.)

3 Sheets-Sheet l.

(No Model.)

No. 658,3". Patented Sept-I8, |900. W. BARCLAY.

UNLOADER FOR WAGUNS.

(Application led June 6, 1900.) (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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No. 658,3". Patented Sept. I8, |900.

.'W. BARCLAY.

UNLOADEB FR WAGONS.

(Applieatioix iled June 6,1900.\

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

" g Inl/lll -Nrrnn STATES PATENT Ottica.

WOODSON BARCLAY, 0F COVELL, ILLINOIS.

UNLOADER FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 658,311, dated September18, 1900.

Application filed Jim@ 1900.

To all wiz/0mr 1f/,may concern.-

Be it known that I, WooDsoN BAROLAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates',residing at Covell, in the county of McLean and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Unloaders forWagons, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to methods and means for unloading Wagons, and morespecifically to a method of unloading wagons by means of a conveyer.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved means for unloadinga wagon which may be used in combination with an elevator or conveyerand the load thus stored away in the loft of a barn or in a crib.

My device is particularly adapted to be applied to Wagons for haulingloose grain or corn on the ear; but it may also be attached to wagonsfor transporting other kinds of produce or materials.

My improved unloader combines the advantages of efciency, economy, andexpedition in operation.

In the drawings which accompany this speciication and of which they forma part, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention attached to a wagonand in combination with an elevator. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe same,with the elevator. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the wagon with thefalse bottom removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same.

In the drawings like numerals of reference denote like parts whereverthey occur.

The numeral 1 designates a wagon-box, having sides 3, ends LLand abottom 5. A conveyer 6 is mounted in the wagon-box 1 and rigidly securedto the bottom 5 thereof. The side pieces 7 of the conveyer 6 are notchedin and secured to the bottom 5 and extend each way through openings 8and 9 in the ends 4. The opening 8 is large enough to permit the grainto be carried through it by the conveyer 6, and is provided with anendgate 10; but the opening .9 is smaller and the top 10a lits snnglytheconveyer, so as to make the box grain-tight when the false bottom, to behereinafter described,is putin. Journaled in the projecting ends of theside pieces 7, at the points 11, are shafts 12 and 13, fitted withrollers 12a and 13, respectively. The'shaft seiin No. 19.263.' (Nomail.)

12 has keyed to one end a pulley 14, which may be, operated by means ofhorse-power or arranged to be actuated by hand. A belt or apron 15 isstretched on the rollers l2n and 13 to serve as a conveyer for the grainin the process of unloading the Wagon. The holsters 16 are notched at 17to permit the belt torun Withoutlchating. Secured to the sides 7 is adexible lining 1S for the wagon-box, consisting of canvas or othersuitable material. This lining 18 is tucked in at the corners and fitsneatly the inner contour of the Wagon-box 1 and extends over the sidesof the wagon. This ulining is designed to make the box tight andk toexpedite the unloading, as will be hereinafter fully set forth. A falsebottom consisting of the transversely-extending boards 19 is provided.This bottom prevents too much of the load from coming on the belt l5 atone time, and thusstopping the conveyer.

An elevator of approved design is shown in combination with the wagon,fitted with my device. The outer end of the conveyer 6 projects into theelevator-box 20, and thus delivers the grain onto the elevator-belt 2l,from whence it is carried to the place desired.

In using my improved unloader the false bottom is rstlaidin the Wagonand the wagon then filled with grain or any other substance and taken tothe place desired and then backed up to the elevator, as shown inFig. 1. The pulley 14 and the elevator-pulley are then connected to ahorse-power, the end-gate 10 removed, and the rear board 19 of the falsebottom taken up. The grain will then fall upon the belt 15 and becarried out and deposited upon the elevator-belt. The remaining boards19 of the false bottom are now taken up in order, one after the other.After all the boards have been removed grain will still remain banked upagainst the sides 3. This grain is now unloaded by grasping the lining18 near the top of the sides 3 and pulling it taut, thereby dumping thegrain on the belt l5. In this Way the last bitof grain can be removedfrom .the wagon without the use of a shovel or other implement.

I do not Wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these maybe modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

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The `iiseoftmy conveyer is not to loe/under'- i stood as being;` limitedto the combination withl a Wagon-box, but it may be attached to anyother box or bin, such as a, corn-crib. It mayAA also be used in otherWays not necessary to enumerate.

Having thus described my invention; what I claim as new, and wish tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an unloatdcl' for wagons the combination of a wagon-box, aconveyer secured to the bottom ofsaidwvagowbox, and aiieX-iblelining forsaid wagon-box, secured to the sides of said conveyel', substantially asdescribed:-A

2.. Inlan unloader for'wagons, in oom-binationfwith awboxgmcouvieyer'lsecnred to the bottom of seid box, a fiexible lining for seidbox secured to the sides of said conveyei, and a false bottom in saidbox covering said con- Veyel', .substantially as described. InAtestimony'Wheieofl have hereunto Set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. f

,WOODSON BARCLAY.

Witnesses:

DAVID R. SIMPSON, FRANK" B. GABRIEL.

